On February 20, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced that in January this year the country’s exports of mechanical and electrical products saw a month-on-month rise of 25.1 percent to $105.81 billion. In the same month, ...
According to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' Association (Jernkontoret), in January this year Swedish crude steel production amounted to 370,600 metric tons, decreasing by 10.6 percent year on year and up 18 percent ...
Beijing-based Chinese steel giant Shougang Group has announced that in January of the current year the outputs of pig iron, crude steel, finished steel and iron ore concentrate at its subsidiary Shougang Tonggang Group were equivalent to ...
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In December last year, South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 58,367 mt, decreasing 32.5 percent compared to November and down 38.8 percent ...
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In December 2012, Japan's seasonally adjusted industrial production increased 2.4 percent from the previous month, while the original index indicated a decrease of 7.9 percent compared to the same month last year. The country's seasonally ...
In January this year, the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 536,500 mt, down 3.35 percent year on year. In addition, in the given month ArcelorMittal ...
As of February 16, inventory of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in the major steel markets in China totaled 18.016 million mt, up 1.851 million mt week on week and ...
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Moldavian Metallurgical Works (MMZ), a steelmaker based in the Transnistrian region of Moldova, has announced that its production operations remain suspended and are unlikely to resume in February as negotiations still continue between ...
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Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Angang Steel Group (Ansteel) has announced that in January this year it produced 1.29 million mt of crude steel, up 16.5 percent year on year. Meanwhile, Ansteel’s outputs of pig iron and ...
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Shandong Province-based Shandong Iron and Steel Group has announced that in 2012 it achieved an operating revenue of RMB 112.3 billion ($18 billion). In 2012, Shandong Steel Group produced 23.3693 million mt of pig iron,23.0061 million mt ...
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Reportedly India’s Tata steel UK, the second largest steel producer in Europe, has restarted a blast furnace in Britain. Karl Kohler, chief executive of Tata Steel UK said it take the advantage of low steel demand to carry out ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the company reported a net loss of SEK 227 million ($35.4 million), including a positive ...
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According to data released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (DCUD), Turkey’s output of finished steel products totaled 34.30 million tons in 2012, rising by 7.3% year on year. Among them, 25.20 million tons ...
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Warren, Ohio-based Warren Steel Holdings, a producer and supplier of high-quality carbon and alloy steel continuously cast products, has successfully renovated its existing rail siding and introduced several key new pieces of analytical ...
On February 7, Chongqing-based Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel), a subsidiary of Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co.,announced that in January this year it produced 481,739 mt of finished steel, up 15.05 ...